Ch. 16. Devotions; fo may the believing Soul in this Captivity of the Flesh, look towards Jerufalem which is above: And as Paul was to the Coloffians, fo may the Believer be with the glorified Spirits, tho abfent in the Flesh, yet with them in the Spirit, joying and beholding their heavenly Order. And as the Lark fweetly fings, while fhe foars on high, but is suddenly filenced when fhe falls to the Earth; fo is the Frame of the Soul moft delightful and divine, while it keeps in the Views of God by Contemplation: Alas, we make there too fhort a Stay, fall down again, and lay by our Mufick!

$31. BUT, "O thou, the merciful Father of "Spirits, the Attractive of Love, and Ocean of Delights, draw up these droffy Hearts unto thyself, "and keep them there till they are fpiritualized and "refined; and fecond thy Servant's weak Endeavours, " and perfuade thofe that read thefe Lines to the "Practice of this delightful, heavenly Work! O

fuffer not the Soul of thy moft unworthy Servant "to be a Stranger to thofe Joys, which he defcribes "to others; but keep me, while I remain on Earth,

in daily Breathings after thee, and in a believing, "affectionate Walking with thee! And when thou "comeft, let me be found fo doing; not ferving my "Flesh, nor afleep with my Lamp unfurnished; but "waiting and longing for my Lord's Return! Let "thofe who fhall read thefe heavenly Directions, "not merely read the Fruit of my Studies; but "the Breathings of my active Hope and Love: "That, if my Heart were open to their View, "they might there read the fame moft deeply en

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hat fo thefe Lines may not witness against me; but, proceeding from the Heart of the Writer, may be effectual, through thy Grace, upon the. Heart of the Reader, and fo be the Savour of Life to both! Amen.”

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